video } from "Images May Disturb You", the blog of Georgia Mason, entry #002

[choosetruth]

Hello.

[Georgia is sitting, unsmiling, at her desk, but her laptop is closed in front of her. There's a window open--she keeps them closed most of the time but she recognizes the value of being well lit when you're on camera. It means she has to be wearing her sunglasses, but that's nothing new either. She's almost never seen without them.]

I'm working on an article about the effectiveness of imPorts, especially superheroes, in establishing long-term positive change. If you consider change to be a goal, I would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to talk to me on the record.

[She adjusts slightly, leaning forward, her hands steepling in front of her.]

Whether or not you are actively working for it, I am also interested in hearing what would, to you, qualify as a positive change. I am aware of how subjective a topic it is. I do not intend to make a statement in any direction until I've gathered as many facts as possible to build my opinion.

Thank you for your time.

Comments

[swordsense]

Good...question.

[Adora folds her arms.]

I don't know. Eternal conquest of Etheria maybe?

[choosetruth]

Always worth asking, I’ve found.

And you oppose them? What is your side fighting for?

[swordsense]

Our homes. So the Horde doesn't burn them to the ground and kill or enslave everyone.

[choosetruth]

What happens if your side wins?

[swordsense]

Hopefully? The leaders of the Horde leave Etheria, and the people who want to stay and can live peacefully with the rest of us do. If nobody wants to stay, then they can all get back in their ships and go to another planet.

It's war, though. People will die on both sides. They already have.

[choosetruth]

[Wait when did this become an alien horde. Why are there ships and other planets. What.

Georgia's face doesn't change.]

They always do. That's one of the many fucking problems with war.